Kimi Djabaté – Dindin

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Putumayo Discovery is pleased to release the song “Dindin” by Kimi Djabaté. The song is featured on our new “Acoustic World 2” EP, available on major digital platforms.

Learn more at: https://www.putumayo.com/acoustic-world-2-digital-ep

Raised in a family of griots in Guinea-Bissau and now living in Lisbon, Kimi Djabaté’s music blends ancient Manding traditions, funky Afrobeat grooves, electric desert blues and acoustic Afro-Portuguese rhythms. Djabaté’s home village, Tabato, is known for its griots, hereditary singer-poets whose songs of praise and tales of history and legends play an essential role in Africa’s musical life. A griot by birth, Kimi has been playing the balafón, the African xylophone, since he was just three years old, and learned to play many other traditional instruments over time. In 1994, Kimi toured Europe as a member of the national music and dance ensemble of Guinea-Bissau, and he decided to settle in Lisbon, Portugal. In Europe, Kimi has collaborated with many exceptional musicians, including Mory Kanté, Waldemar Bastos, Netos de Gumbé and others. More recently, Kimi has worked with the pop star Madonna, and is a featured singer on her 2019 song “Ciao Bella.”

“Dindin” is a previously unreleased song that will appear on Djabaté’s upcoming album of the same name on the Cumbancha record label. For more information visit https://www.cumbancha.com/kimidjabate

The “Dindin” music video was directed and edited by Rui Miguel Correia.

LYRICS IN ENGLISH:

Do not hurt people
They will carry the wound for life
Don't hurt adults
And do not hurt children
If you set some limits for a child
Their frustration will soon end
If you mildly discipline a child
Their pain will soon pass
If you are rude to a child
They feel the pain longer
But it may still go away
However, if you hurt a child
They will carry that wound for life
If you hurt people
They will carry that wound for life
If you harm a child
They will carry that wound for life
Adults, listen
Listen
Educate your children
Don't enslave children
Help them to grow up
Don't enslave children
Educate children

Don't hurt children
Help children become better human beings
Don't hurt them
No one knows what they'll become
Don't hurt children
Don't enslave children
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Naaa
Don't hurt children
Don't hurt children
Don't hurt children
Don't hurt children
Don't hurt children
Don't hurt children
Don't hurt children
Don't hurt children
Don't hurt them

Don't enslave children
Help children become better human beings
Don't enslave children
Educate children
Don’t enslave children
...
Don't hurt children
No one knows what they'll become
Don't hurt children
Help children become better human beings
Help children become better human beings
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Naaa
Don't hurt children
Don't hurt children
Don't hurt children